Aurora man charged with trying to kill woman by running her over with pickup truck

A 25-year-old Aurora man accused of running over a 39-year-old woman with a pickup truck Saturday night on the city's near South East Side has been charged with attempted murder.

Edgar Alejandro Cruz-Gonzalez, 25, of the 1600 block of Plumtree Lane, allegedly struck and ran over the woman with a Dodge Ram pickup truck intending to kill her, according to charging documents filed in Kane County Circuit Court. In this case, the truck was a deadly weapon, according to court documents.

Bail has been set at $2 million for Cruz-Gonzalez, who was booked Tuesday morning in the Kane County jail at the county's judicial center in St. Charles.

Cruz-Gonzalez is related to the woman he's accused of trying to kill, according to Aurora police, who said they're not elaborating on the relationship in order to protect her identity as a crime victim.

The two were at a small gathering in the basement of a home when they got into an argument, police said. Cruz-Gonzalez left the house and the woman ran after him, yelling at him to stop, according to police.

Instead, according to police, he got in his truck, backed out of the driveway and started driving northbound. When the woman got in front of the truck in an attempt to make him stop, he accelerated, "apparently on purpose," police said. The truck knocked the woman to the ground, running her over and dragging her for about 10 feet until Cruz-Gonzalez stopped, police said. He remained at the scene, where he was initially arrested on a drunken driving charge.

Police said they responded to the 1000 block of Lebanon Street at 11:59 p.m. Saturday after someone reported a crash involving a pickup truck and a pedestrian. Police found the woman lying in the street with critical injuries, according to a statement the department released via Facebook.

Initially taken to an Aurora hospital, the woman was transferred to another suburban hospital for critical injuries that don't appear life-threatening, according to the statement.

After detectives interviewed Cruz-Gonzalez, police said the Kane County State's Attorney's Office approved additional charges. On Monday, charges were filed against Cruz including attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, all felonies; and two misdemeanors, domestic battery causing bodily harm and domestic battery making physical contact.

Conditions of bond include no contact with the victim, no consuming alcoholic beverages and no entering any establishment that sells or serves alcohol, including but not limited to restaurants and grocery stores.

Court records indicate a risk assessment was ordered for Cruz-Gonzalez, who has been assigned to the county public defender's office and is next due in court Oct. 13 before Kane County Circuit Judge James C. Hallock.